Separable buckle



Feb. 24, 1931. R, BURNS 1,793,836

- SEPARABLE BUCKLE Filed April 25, 1930 .Invenlor Pom Earns By @mmin Allorney 20 strong,durable, efficient in its use and Which in spaced,substantially parallel relation to We Patented Feb. 24, 1931 p l l.uNiTEo STATES PATENT OFFICE Application filed April 25, 1930. SerialNo. 447,249.

This invention relates to new and useful portion thereof through whichthe end porimprovements in separable buckles and more tion l t)?!" theband is passed, said end portion particularly to devices of thischaracter beingfolded back and stitched upon itself, which are for useon strips of elastic material as at: 6. In spaced relation to the slot5, the

to be inserted through hems or loops proplate a is further providodavitha coinparas 5r vided in the Waist band and the legs of undertiv lyg l rgning 6 and aid lat to garments such as bloomers. minutes in a pointedfree end portion 7. The

The primary object of the invention 15 t0 configuration oi" the platedadapts the same provide, in a manner as hereinaf r e o to function as abodkin when inserting the a separable buckle of the aforementloned b din th gar mso character which is connected to the free n The buckle 8further includes an elongated, of a flexible strip for detachablyconnecting lat plate 8 having a transverse slot 9 adsaid ends together,one of the buckle elements jacent one end through Which is passed thebeing formed to constitute a bodkin to faend portion :2 of the band,said end portion cilitate the insertion of the hand hr gh the beingfolded upon itself and stitched, as at hem or loop ofa garment. 10. Theplate 8 also terminates in a sub- Other objects of the invention are toprostantially pointed free end portion 11. A vide a separable buckle ofthe character deili t tin t u 12 i t k t scribed Which Will be simple inCOIlStlHCUOII, from the plate 11 and is directed rearivardly may bemanufactured at lOW cost. said plate. The tongue 12 constitutes a hookAll of the foregoing and S ill furth r adapted for insertion through theopening jects and advantages of the inve l n m y (3 oi the plate l forconnecting said plate become apparent from a study f e f q together inthe manner clearly illustrated ing specification, taken in o ll q W inFigures 1 and 2 of the drawings. When the accompanying drawing WherelIl11ke inserted through the opening 6 the tongue characters f r f r n edesignate correspontl- 12 is disposed closely adjacent the opposed ing Pt throughout the several and face of the plate 4 and in parallelismtherewherein with to prevent the same from catching on Figure 1 is aView in p P1311 Showlng the obj cots which may come in contact with thew pp end P n of a arment band buckle. il 'hile the element of the buckle12 strip with the separable uckle mounted may be formed of any desiredmaterial, the

thereon and connecte dtogether. same are preferably constructed ofsuitable Figure 2 1s a view in front elevation there- Spring metal. Itwill thus be seen that]: have provided 35 Figure 315 a detail View inPerspective of a garment band having fastening means conone o t e buckleelements detached from the ne cted thereto of a construction andarranged' inent Wherebythe band may be expeditiously Flgure 4 1S detallnew 111 perspectlve of inserted in a garment and the ends thereof 49 theother of the buckle elements detached connected together. As beforestated, the

t a z v gf gg fi' the drawing in detail it will platet is utilized as abodkln when inserting 8 u b D the band in the garment.

' gg igg z Ti i g gigf i iig ggilgig giq i It is believed that the manyadvantages of l ti b d or t i hi h are d bl a gillllwlftlltbandconstructed 1n accordance t d t th th h th di f a With tinsinvention Wlll be readily underb kl hi h i d i t d generally b th stood,and although the preierred embodireference numeral 3. ment of theinvention 1s as illustrated and The buckle 3 comprises an elongated,fiat described, it is to be understood that changes plate 4 having atransverse slot 5 in one end in the details of constructlon may be hadwe which will fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

That is claimed is As a new article of manufacture, a separable bucklecomprising co-acting, flat metallic plates each having an opening in oneend portionior connection with the ends of a flexible strip, said platesbeing adapted for disposition in opposed relation to each other andhaving pointed free ends, an integral, laterally and rearwardly directedresilient retaining tongue struck out from an intermediate portion ofone of the plates, the rearwardly directed portion of the tongue beingdisposed in spaced, opposed substantially parallelism With said oneplate, the other of the plates being provided With an opening in itsinterinediate portion for the reception of the tongue in a manner to re-2 leasably secure the plates together in opposed relation, said otherplate constituting a bodkin adapted to facilitate the insertion of thefiexiblestrip' in a garment;

In testimony'whereofl aflix my si nature. ROSA BU NS.

